PLAYED AT: MacLauchlan ArenaDate: Dec 6, 2017GAME NOTES: U.S. TOPS CANADA FOR FIRST PLACE AT WSHC
JASON LA ROSE
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Brody Roybal opened and closed the scoring, leading the United States to a 5-2 win over Canada and first place in the preliminary round Wednesday at the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
The Americans finished the round robin unbeaten for the fourth year in a row, and will face Italy in their semifinal on Thursday afternoon (12 p.m. AT). Canada meets Korea later in the day in its semi (7 p.m. AT).
Pressure in the Canadian end led to the opening goal, with Roybal jumping on a turnover before tucking a shot around goaltender Corbin Watson (Kingsville, Ont.) for the 1-0 lead.
Declan Farmer took advantage of a fortuitous bounce less than three minutes, doubling the lead after the puck hopped over the stick of a Canadian defender at the hashmarks.
Billy Bridges (Summerside, P.E.I.) got the crowd at MacLauchlan Arena back into it before the end of the opening frame, wiring a shot past U.S. netminder Steve Cash with the Canadians enjoying a two-man advantage.
The P.E.I. native struck again just shy of the 10-minute mark of the second period, playing give-and-go with Liam Hickey (St. John’s, N.L.) before netting the tying goal.
But Josh Misiewicz restored the American lead late in the middle frame, finishing off a pretty passing play in front of Watson.
Kevin McKee added a little insurance less than a minute into the third period when his shot went up and over the Canadian keeper, chasing him from the net in favour of Dominic Larocque (Quebec City, Que.).
Canada pushed to get back into it, outshooting the U.S. 6-4 in the third period and 22-14 overall, but Roybal finished the scoring into an empty net with 21 seconds to go.

Visiting Team: United States

Home Team: Canada

UNITED STATES LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

32

Lee, Jen

G

34

Cash, Steve

3

de Quebec, Ralph

4

Roybal, Brody

8

Wallace, Jack

9

Dodson, Travis

11

Carron, Tyler

13

McDermott, Luke

15

Landeros, Nikko

16

Farmer, Declan

20

Page, Adam

22

Grove, Noah

23

Roman, Rico

24

Misiewicz, Josh

25

Hanning Jr, Billy

27

Pauls, Josh

88

McKee, Kevin

UNITED STATES PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

15

2:00

Teeing

8:34

1

8:34

10:34

1st

11

2:00

Delay of Game

9:59

1

9:59

10:35

3rd

15

2:00

Roughing

14:10

14:10

15:00

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

30

Watson, Corbin

G

31

Larocque, Dominic

4

Dunn, James

5

Henry, Tyrone

6

Culmone, Anthony

8

McGregor, Tyler

9

Lehoux, Antoine

10

Delaney, Ben

11

Dixon, Adam

12

Westlake, Greg

14

Arsenault, Steve

15

Sorley, Kevin

18

Bridges, Billy

19

Cozzolino, Dominic

20

Sholomicki, Bryan

23

Hickey, Liam

27

Bowden, Brad

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

2nd

18

2:00

Roughing

3:05

1

3:05

5:05

3rd

8

2:00

Roughing

14:10

14:10

15:00

UNITED STATES Goals

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

4:11

4-24

1st

6:55

16

2nd

13:13

24-88-4

3rd

:44

88-15-24

3rd

14:39

EN

4

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

UNITED STATES PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

10:35

PP

18-23-12

2nd

9:47

18-23-19

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

UNITED STATES

0 / 1

CANADA

1 / 2

PENALTY SUMMARY

UNITED STATES

6 min / 3 inf

CANADA

4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY

UNITED STATES

5 G + 5 A = 10 Pts

CANADA

2 G + 4 A = 6 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

UNITED STATES

2

1

2

5

CANADA

1

1

0

2

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

USA - Cash (45:00) (W)

9

4

7

20

/0:00

3rd/15:00

CAN - Watson (30:44) (L)

6

1

0

7

/0:00

3rd/0:44

CAN - Larocque (13:25)

0

0

2

2

/0:45

3rd/14:10

CAN - Larocque (0:20)

0

0

0

0

/14:40

3rd/15:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

7:08 PM

-

End:

9:06 PM

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official World Sledge Hockey Challenge Game Report.